“The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be reinvented, and reinvented at a time when both husband and wife are under unprecedented stress and the wife is exhausted, physically drained, and emotionally in shock. A man's conflict between wanting his child to have a mother and wanting to have the mother to himself is potentially intolerable.” MenWayChildrenEndsMotherWifeBirthHusbandConflictStressIncludingShockExhaustedHusband And WifeUnprecedentedDrainedBirth Of A Child Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation
“Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and -- or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.” GivingChildrenMotherBitsBirthGoodnessShockCurvesAdjustmentSyndromesCerebralCerebral Palsy Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was a big shock. When your parents start to die off, that's going to be a revelation. So for me, this album - although it might sound quite cheery - is really talking about death.” ThinkingLittlesBigsMightMotherDiesParentSoundTalkingDiedStartingAlbumsRevelationsShockMortalityMother Died Author:Donald Fagen